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I was born in the "North" by some ill conceived plan of my parents, but Southern I am from the tip of my toes to my bald headed top. But, having lived here and learned here most "northerners" are ignorant of most everything involved in the "War of Northern Aggression'. They believe that it was fought to free the slave's. They have no knowledge of the fact that all states "held" slaves and profited from them. It can almost be universally said that to be a Yankee you are "ignorant of fact" as regarding the cause of the WNA.

They have no knowledge of the fact that all the states "held" slaves and profited from them

You must mean that all states the original once held slaves.

Many states outlawed slavery and it was outlawed in other new states by the Northwest Ordinance

Increasing numbers of settlers and land speculators were attracted to what are now the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. This pressure together with the demand from the Ohio Land Company, soon to obtain vast holdings in the Northwest, prompted the Congress to pass this Ordinance. The area opened up by the Ordinance was based on lines originally laid out in 1784 by Thomas Jefferson in his Report of Government for Western Lands. The Ordinance provided for the creation of not less than three nor more than five states. In addition, it contained provisions for the advancement of education, the maintenance of civil liberties and the exclusion of slavery. http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/ordinance/index.html